Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-63.7A
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Classification of certain positions to Merit System of
Official statutory text
Personnel Administration.
A. Effective July 1, 1994, unclassified Department of Veterans
Affairs' employees who were transferred from the Department of Human
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Services to the Department of Veterans Affairs on July 1, 1991,
pursuant to Section 63.18 of this title, shall become permanent
classified employees and subject to the provisions of the Merit
System of Personnel Administration pursuant to Section 840.13 of
Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes without regard to qualifications
or examinations. Such employees shall be granted permanent status
in the class to which the position occupied by the employee on the
effective date of this act is allocated by the Office of Personnel
Management. This section shall not apply to employees who are in
the unclassified service pursuant to Section 63.18A of this title
and Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Except as provided in Sections 63.9 and 63.18A of this title
and Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
all officers, positions and employees of the Department of Veterans
Affairs and its constituent institutions shall be subject to the
provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration as
created by the Oklahoma Personnel Act, Section 840.1 et seq. of
Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the rules promulgated
thereunder.
C. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Department of
Veterans Affairs from utilizing its authority to appoint or retain
employees in the unclassified service pursuant to Sections 63.9 and
63.18A of this title and Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of
the Oklahoma Statutes which are not in direct conflict with this
section.
A. Effective July 1, 1994, unclassified Department of Veterans
Affairs' employees who were transferred from the Department of Human
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors Page 28
Services to the Department of Veterans Affairs on July 1, 1991,
pursuant to Section 63.18 of this title, shall become permanent
classified employees and subject to the provisions of the Merit
System of Personnel Administration pursuant to Section 840.13 of
Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes without regard to qualifications
or examinations. Such employees shall be granted permanent status
in the class to which the position occupied by the employee on the
effective date of this act is allocated by the Office of Personnel
Management. This section shall not apply to employees who are in
the unclassified service pursuant to Section 63.18A of this title
and Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Except as provided in Sections 63.9 and 63.18A of this title
and Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
all officers, positions and employees of the Department of Veterans
Affairs and its constituent institutions shall be subject to the
provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration as
created by the Oklahoma Personnel Act, Section 840.1 et seq. of
Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the rules promulgated
thereunder.
C. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Department of
Veterans Affairs from utilizing its authority to appoint or retain
employees in the unclassified service pursuant to Sections 63.9 and
63.18A of this title and Sections 840.8 and 840.10 of Title 74 of
the Oklahoma Statutes which are not in direct conflict with this
section.
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